Date:         Thu, 22 Apr 2021 11:58:02 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark McCulley <markmcculley@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark McCulley <markmcculley@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Do you use TheSamba? My Thoughts
Comments: To: Steve Williams <sbw@sbw.org>
In-Reply-To:  <baf43ff7-0cc7-6879-2197-e910e9300237@sbw.org>
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I've been on The Samba site a few times and was impressed with the variety
of content and depth of knowledge. I'm not a member so I kind of forget
about it unless I'm doing some Vanagon-related research. I think I will
join now, thanks for reminding me!

Regards,
Mark

On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 8:02 AM Steve Williams <sbw@sbw.org> wrote:

> Like Mark, I'll never use Facebook or Twitter.
>
> I agree this list will not appeal to people who prefer to use social
> networks, mostly on their mobile devices.  I regret that disconnection,
> but I doubt that'll change soon.
>
> On 4/22/21 7:39 AM, Mark McCulley wrote:
> > If there were a modern forum-style vanagon site I would probably
> > join it though.
>
> Mark, and everyone, I'm curious to hear your opinion of TheSamba's
> Vanagon forum?
>
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewforum.php?f=20
>
> Is that not a "modern forum-style" Vanagon site?
>
> I've posted there a few times.
>
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=200512
>
> I prefer this list, because it's easier for me to work with emails than
> a web forum.
>
> I also enjoy following web sites with RSS.  But that doesn't work well
> for a high-traffic forum.  I've tried TheSamba's RSS feeds:
>
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/rss_feeds.php
>
> But for some reason it just didn't work for me.  Maybe the traffic is
> just too high.  Maybe it's because it doesn't present threads in a tree.
>   Probably a combination.
>
> Maybe I'll build a filtered RSS feed that includes only new topics.
> When I see a topic of interest, I'll add it to my "Watched Topics" on
> TheSamba, so replies are delivered to me via email.  (I can't remember
> whether those emails are threaded?)
>
> Tell me: Do you use TheSamba?  Through the web?  Email alerts on Watched
> Topics?
>